want a great peanut butter cookie?  Betty Crocker Peanut butter cookie mix (it comes in a pouch). THE BEST~  you can make from scratch and try out many many recipes but you'll be hard pressed to find one as moist & tasty.  my motto~ homemade means made at home! :)

Keep it simple and work smarter not harder!

Deviled eggs?  Egg salad?  well my add ins include: salt, pepper, a bit of sugar, miracle whip, & mustard. Just enough MW to make it creamy and begin with a "pinch/dash" of each of the other ingredients until you have the flavor you prefer.

Chili: don't forget to add a bit of a chocolate bar!

forget the fabric softener....get yourself white vinegar! i've done it for years....save your $$ and your clothes!

be sure to add white rice to your salt shaker. it'll absorb the moisture and keep your salt from clumping.

less is more! TRUTH!

record and save a snipit of your favorite people. their laughter, voice, all those things you'll miss when they're gone from you.

don't wait for tomorrow.....it's not guaranteed.

put it in writing / save the writing: if you love someone tell them. and put it in writing. (i'd give anything to have kept a card or note from my momma. she wrote many and always told me she loved me....now i can't find a one.)

bottom line....snack mix can be done in the microwave....IT'S JUST NOT AS GOOD!

be happy! Grandma Stroup always would always take inventory of my friends. She was quite insightful and often dead on re: their true selves. And the old saying "birds of a feather flock together" is full of truth!

Don't disregard the opinions of others. AND if you hear the same/similar criticism from more than one person pause and take inventory of yourself. KEEP IT REAL.

Not everything is meant to last forever. Know that there's a purpose for each person, situation, experience you encounter and have.